Mandy's gone...

**Jadapit** · 08-16-2006, 03:19 PM

Annette, I want you to know you are in my thoughts all the time. What you posted about Mandy broke my heart. How hard this must be for you.

(((Hugs)))

**chocolatepuppy** · 08-17-2006, 05:06 AM

Thank you all for your kind words. I feel so down about Mandy sometimes, it just helps to talk.

**Pawsitive Thinking** · 08-17-2006, 09:59 AM

We are all here to share your memories, try to help ease your grief and send you all our love

**chocolatepuppy** · 10-04-2006, 10:20 PM

Mandy, fall is here, your time of year. It's cooler and the leaves are falling. How I wish you were still here. These colder nights I would be snuggling up to my big chocolate bear. We got a new puppy, she keeps us busy and has brought happiness back into our lives. Lacey needed a friend and I was just too depressed having lost you. But your absence is still felt every day. So many memories of you all around us, we know you are here with us in spirit. Some days I still can't believe you are gone, like it's just a nightmare and I will wake up. I know you are healthy now and running and playing, and I am happy for that. But I still miss you so...

**luvofallhorses** · 10-04-2006, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by chocolatepuppy

Mandy, fall is here, your time of year. It's cooler and the leaves are falling. How I wish you were still here. These colder nights I would be snuggling up to my big chocolate bear. We got a new puppy, she keeps us busy and has brought happiness back into our lives. Lacey needed a friend and I was just too depressed having lost you. But your absence is still felt every day. So many memories of you all around us, we know you are here with us in spirit. Some days I still can't believe you are gone, like it's just a nightmare and I will wake up. I know you are healthy now and running and playing, and I am happy for that. But I still miss you so...

**Dorothy39** · 10-05-2006, 12:15 AM

{{{{HUGS}}}} Chocolatepuppy!!!

AND~~~~

She will always be "Special"~ I guarantee it!!!!

She will never , ever, leave you!!!

**K9karen** · 10-05-2006, 11:04 PM

My beloved Cody has been at the Bridge for 3 years now, and not a day goes by that I don't say his name, think of him with unending love, laugh at the fun memories. It will take time for the pain to subside, but it will become more bearable, knowing that there is no more pain and that Mandy is free and healthy and happy and with oodles of friends.

Remember, you have not replaced her and never will. You opened your heart to another pup who also needed your love. Mandy is proud and happy for you. She'd never want you sad; she loved you back with all her doggy heart.The most unselfish, noble thing you can do is release the suffering. Sending you {HUGS} of understanding and support.

**Dorothy39** · 10-07-2006, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by chocolatepuppy

Thank you all for your kind words. I feel so down about Mandy sometimes, it just helps to talk.

You are soooo beyond me~~

I'm still struggling, ( in that net of despair)~~ You have reached a summit that I am still climbing!! ( Lacey , and Layla!!

)

{{{HUGS}}} Again!!!

**chocolatepuppy** · 10-31-2006, 05:29 AM

I appreciate everyones thoughtful replies.... Five years ago today, Halloween, we had a little party, for Halloween and to celebrate Mandys 5 mo birthday. (A pup never had so many birthdays.) In October that year we took Mandy to a vet specialist in Cleveland and then to Ohio State University. We were told nothing could be done to fix her heart. Cleveland told us she may not live a year (hence the 5 mo birthday party) OSU told us to hope for three years. Mandy, you proved them all wrong by celebrating your 5th birthday just before you died.
Everynight when I'm out with Lacey and Layla I look up at the heavens and tell you to run Mandy run, something you couldn't do here on earth. How hard this fall and winter season and the holidays will be without you here with us.

But I always feel you are near. It doesn't get much easier. I still miss you so...